In the Beginning God Created

Glory

Jesus created the heavens and the earth.

Jesus created the heavens and the earth if we look at John 1.

The Word Became Flesh

1 In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. ² He was with God in the beginning. ³ Through him all things were made; without him nothing was made that has been made. ⁴ In him was life, and that life was the light of all mankind. ⁵ The light shines in the darkness, and the darkness has not overcome it.

Genesis 1:

This first verse in the Bible is synthesized throughout scripture. God who is the essence of Light spoke Himself into being as the coming Messiah right off the bat–this is kind of a circular concept in that we cannot depart from the fact that God spoke light into being and yet He is light. Jesus is the Light of the world and has overcome the dictates of the ruler of darkness  through His life, death on a cross, and resurrection. What I mean by “circular” is the idea that the Bible is the Word of God and the Word of God Is Jesus.

Let’s look at the original Hebrew language for the first scripture in the Bible. In Hebrew the literal meaning of the first sentence in the Bible can be understood as, ‘In the beginning, God created the Hebrew alphabet and then He created the heavens and the earth.’ I think that is a bit weird to look at it his way but from this, the sages understood that the the Hebrew alphabet was used as building blocks to create the heavens and the earth. It stands to reason that God needed words so that He could speak “The Word.” (https://www.oneforisrael.org/bible-based-teaching-from-israel/a-little-word-with-a-big-meaning/)

“In fact, the Hebrew alphabet is referred to as aleph/tav. Ayt is made up of the first and last letters of the Hebrew alphabet, aleph/tav; the first and the last.

B’raysheet ba-RA Eh-lo-HEEM ayt ha-sha-MA-yim v’-ayt ha-A-retz

Another explanation is that aleph/tav is read as ayt (אֵת). Ayt is an unusual Hebrew word which does not have an exact translation and is not found in other languages. It is used to point people in the direction of the object of a sentence and also indicates that something is complete. Ayt, in this context, teaches that God created the heavens and earth in their totality.” https://www.breakingisraelnews.com/78528/first-seven-hebrew-words-bible-reveal-creation/

In Psalm 119 Jesus is referred to as a Lamp– the Light–Once again–Jesus is the Word–and the Word is God. Another “circular” idea in Psalm 119 the Hebrew letters at the beginning of each section are in sequence corresponding to scriptures regarding the Law. The Law is also the Word, and Jesus is the fulfillment of the Law.

The Light is synthesized again and again in scripture. For example, For thou wilt light my candle: the LORD my God will enlighten my darkness (Psalm 18:28). Once again the Lord is the essence of irrevocable light in our lives as we are now reborn and recreated human beings actually filled with the essence of Light by the Holy Spirit.

Another way to look at the idea of the first and last letter of the Hebrew alphabet is to consider the “Alpha and the Omega, the “beginning and the end” as synonymous. Jesus created the heavens and the earth.

And he who sat upon the throne said, “Behold, I make all things new.” Also he said, “Write this, for these words are trustworthy and true.” And he said to me, “It is done! I am the Alpha and the Omega, the beginning and the end. To the thirsty I will give from the fountain of the water of life without payment. He who conquers shall have this heritage, and I will be his God and he shall be my son. But as for the cowardly, the faithless, the polluted, as for murderers, fornicators, sorcerers, idolaters, and all liars, their lot shall be in the lake that burns with fire and sulphur, which is the second death (Revelation 21).

Jesus created the heavens and the earth as God. In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God (John 1). This scripture from John is a profound statement about the trinity of God. I cannot help but picture the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit at work as each aspect and character of God assigned a part to play in the dynamic of creation. When God speaks the Word, Light comes into being. I am fascinated with the light of God in the creation story because it is not limited to the sun, moon, or fire for that matter. It is a substance defined in Hebrew only in this instance as a specialized and separate “substance” or state of matter. God spoke the light into being as the first thing He did in creation in making all that is , that was, that is to come. Jesus is the Light who brings us into eternal Life–returning us to the original place we were originally created to be–one with the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit.

Bible Hub says this: “Let there be light: and there was light.—The sublimity of the original is lost in our language by the cumbrous multiplication of particles. The Hebrew is Yhi ôr wayhi ôr. Light is not itself a substance, but is a condition or state of matter; and this primæval light was probably electric, arising from the condensation and friction of the elements as they began to arrange themselves in order. And this, again, was due to what is commonly called the law of gravitation, or of the attraction of matter. If on the first day electricity and magnetism were generated, and the laws given which create and control them, we have in them the two most powerful and active energies of the present and of all time—or possibly two forms of one and the same busy and restless force. And the law thus given was that of gravitation, of which light was the immediate result.

. . .and there was light] Literally, ‘and light came into existence.’ Apparently the primitive conception of the Hebrews was that light and darkness were separate things, incomprehensible indeed, but independent of the sun, cf. Job 26:10; Job 38:19, ‘where is the way to the dwelling of light, and as for darkness, where is the place thereof?’The unscientific notions of the Israelite have received in regard to light an unexpected illustration from modern discovery; but we must be careful not to suppose that there is any resemblance between the Hebrew picture of the creation of light, and modern theories respecting light and the ether of infinite space. The Hebrew view of the universe was (cf. Genesis 1:6-8) extremely limited; the modern scientific view of the universe is practically infinite in its capacity for development, and is continually being enlarged. There is little room for comparison between them.”

This also supports the idea that in the beginning God created the totality of creation into the realms of eternity. Furthermore, as Genesis continues we see a parallel in the story of Noah. God wipes the slate clean and creates a “new beginning” for humankind. This is a type and foreshadowing of the voice of John in the wilderness “prepares the way” for the new beginning, the new creature, the Light of the World in Jesus Christ from whom all blessings come.

The fact that Jesus is God and from what Jesus tells us in the gospels, illuminates us to the fact that Jesus is the expression of God the Father. “If you have seen me you have seen the Father.” Jesus said to him, “Have I been with you for so long a time, and you do not know Me yet, Philip, nor recognize clearly who I am? Anyone who has seen Me has seen the Father. How can you say, ‘Show us the Father? (John 14:5). The Father is Jesus, the Holy Spirit is Jesus, and Jesus is Jesus, the “I AM.” To get our head around this is not possible–I’ ll leave the business of this to God. It is my desire to embrace the essence of Life in the Light of Jesus Christ. Through Him we live and move and have our being. Through Jesus, The Word, we are transformed from Glory to Glory–becoming more like Jesus with the mind of Christ and a heart of flesh instead of the human heart of stone. What this means it that because the Spirit dwells within us, we are the Temple of God. Jesus created the heavens and the earth. Jesus creates the new man and woman with the same Spirit that raised Christ from the dead dwelling in us. It is like He is “hovering over” the waters of our being when we allow Him to be The Lord of our lives.

There is no evidence of this in the Bible it is just my guess. It may be that Jesus was born during the Feasts of Tabernacles. (Sukkot (Hebrew: סוכות‎ or סֻכּוֹת, sukkōt) I am assuming this because of the meaning of the Feast. This Jewish feast refers to the days when Israel was wandering in circles in the wilderness while the people lived in tents. Jesus came to save us out of wandering in the desert of futility in our own strength and self glorification to dwell with us as The Way, The Truth, and The Life illuminating our way–His WAY as in “I am the Way, the Truth, and The Life” while we are being transformed into His image. Yes folks, we were born into a fallen world with a fallen nature and The Light came from the beginning (because light knows no time) to fulfill the mandate of His eternal Glory. Jesus created the heavens and he earth.

Immanuel (Hebrew: עִמָּנוּאֵל‬ meaning, “God with us“; also romanized Emmanuel, Imanu’el) is a Hebrew name which appears in the Book of Isaiah as a sign that God will protect the House of David.” (Isaiah 7:14) Therefore the Lord himself will give you a sign: The virgin will conceive and give birth to a son, and will call him Immanuel. In my view the name Immanuel is one of those layered names we find in scripture in the Hebrew language. Isaiah 7 is speaking about the fact that the virgin will give birth to our Savior who dwells with us, in us, over us, under us, from the beginning of us for that matter. The idea of God with us–completely depicts who Jesus is as our Lord and Savior. Jesus is the manifestation of the entire Godhead in human form–being the fullness of God in all the perfection of created man.

Jesus created the heavens and the earth. We cannot escape the fact that Jesus is all about dwelling with us in every way possible in this life and the life to come. One of the other connotations regarding the Feast of Tabernacles was the fact that at harvest time folks dwelled on the land in tents–so the feast also celebrates harvest. This get back to Jesus as the author and finisher of our faith. The seed in planted and the harvest is revealed in the fruits of the spirit coming to fruition in our being–Jesus “is the vine and we are the branches”, “the harvest is ready and the fields are ripe.” The harvest is also referring to the lost; the lost who are found (Harvested.)The circular motion is like eternity–never-ending–we cannot depart from the circle of Life in Jesus Christ no matter the direction, situation, condition of our hearts–Jesus will find a way to be our personal Immanuel.